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TIMES FOR COPYRIGHT 2003 ARTWORK MIRAMAX FILM CORP. ALLRIGHTSRESERVED. NOW PLAYING For Rating Reasons, go to: www.filmratings.com ZELLWEGER AND RICHARD GERE CATHERINE ZETA-JONES DESSON HOWE, THE BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR! SCREENPLAY BY BILL CONDON DIRECTED BY ROB MARSHALL By Greg Braxton Times Staff Writer HBO fired back Tuesday in the escalating legal battle with star James Gandolfini, filing a $100-million countersuit against the actor who has sued to leave the cable popular drama in a contract dispute. HBO alleged in its suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, that claims in the lawsuit he filed last week not only spurious, they were The HBO suit added that if the Emmy-winning actor follows through on his threat not to show up when resumes production March 24, HBO will have to abandon the series and suffer losses in excess of $100 million. Said HBO attorney Bert Fields: loss that James Gandolfini would cause would be huge if this series went down the drain.

Obviously we do the show without The suit said that had prompted HBO to other cast members notice that their employment on the series might be suspended or Fields added that action came when the network was negotiating with him to increase his salary, reported to be about $400,000 per episode. Despite an offer of very extensive Gandolfini wanted even more, Fields said. Martin Singer, attorney, did not respond immediately for comment. Gandolfini has charged that HBO violated a clause in his contract when it failed to notify him of a $20-million deal it had struck with the creator, David Chase, for a fifth season. He said in the suit he learned of the deal in a July 17, 2001, Wall Street Journal article, and that he had no legal obligation to act in the series unless he was notified within 10 business days of deal, which he said HBO failed to do.

The lawsuit also alleged that his contract was in violation of California labor laws limiting contracts to seven years. Fields said that since the series is shot in New Jersey and New York, and since Gandolfini is a resident of New York, that part of the lawsuit had no merit. HBO files Gandolfini countersuit By Josh Friedman Times Staff Writer episode of (8:30 p.m., ABC) tackles aserious topic: discrimination against Arab Americans. But be afraid of that often-excruciating sitcom creature, the heavy-handed Very Special Episode. The show retains its usual Cosby-style light touch and ends on a bittersweet, ambiguous note, which makes it all the more compelling.

The episode, written by star Lopez and directed by Andrew Tsao, finds George in a moral dilemma. With his airplane parts company in the running for business from the federal government, his bosses, the Powers brothers, ask George to demote the head inspector, Hosni (guest star Jason Antoon), because of his Egyptian background, which they fear will prevent the firm from winning the contract. Should George do the right thing and risk his career, along with the jobs of 20 underlings or do the practical thing and jeopardize his principles? The episode pokes pointed fun at the Sept. 11 backlash with plenty of humor. a great day in America when white people, black people and Latinos can all come together and pick on another George declares.

When he learns that Hosni once went to flight school, George deadpans the obvious question: he take all the On a more serious note, quandary forces him to question the example he is setting as a father. When his son, Max (Luis Armand Garcia), meets Hosni, he is surprised to learn that all Arabs hate Americans, that there are good and bad people from all cultures. After the family gets to know and like Hosni, Max is even more surprised that his dad might compromise his principles by reassigning his friend rather than standing up for him. As George wrestles with his conscience, he is more proud of his son than of himself. He offers Max the only advice that makes sense: your TUNED IN Warner Bros.

TORN: George Lopez faces a workplace dilemma tonight. tackles bigotry with humor TIPS FOR TODAY 9-11 a.m.—Larry Airtalk: Koreatown forum examines the nuclear crisis with North Korea and the challenges facing Korean Americans in Southern California (taped Tuesday night), KPCC-FM (89.3). p.m., a.m.—The Third Man: Lime (Orson Welles) has a high seas adventure (originally broadcast Oct. 12, 1951), KNX (1070). DRAMA-COMEDY FAMILY 9-11 a.m.—Playhouse Disney, KDIS (1110).

11 a.m.-1 p.m.—B.B. Good, live from Walt Disney World Resort, KDIS (1110). 1-5 p.m.—DJ Web Fingors, live from Disneyland Park, KDIS (1110). 5-10 p.m.—Ernie KDIS (1110). 10 p.m.-3 a.m.—Sheryl Brooks, KDIS (1110).

p.m., a.m.—Tales of the Texas Rangers fugitive hitches a ride (originally broadcast Feb. 10, 1952), KNX (1070). CLASSICAL 9 a.m.-noon—Kimberlea Daggy: Beethoven (3rd Symphony, Bruno Walter conducts Columbia Symphony Orchestra) a.m.), KUSC-FM (91.5). p.m.—Masterpiece of the Day: Bach (Violin Concerto No. 2, violinist Jonathan Reese, Scottish Ensemble), KMZT-FM (105.1).

2-3 p.m.—Cost-Conscious Classix: Rodrigo (Piano Concerto, pianist Daniel LigorioFerrandiz), KCSN-FM (88.5). 7 p.m.-midnight—Jim Svejda: Shosta- kovich (8th Symphony, Leningrad Philharmonic) (8-9 p.m.), KUSC-FM (91.5). Radio The Early Show Golfer Annika Sorenstam; improving memory. 7 a.m. KCBS Today Frankie Muniz; fashion.

7 a.m. KNBC KTLA Morning News Chris Rock; Doug Fabian; Barbara Feldon. 7 a.m. KTLA Good Morning America Usher; Kiley Bechler, widow of baseball player Steve Bechler. 7 a.m.

KABC Martha Stewart Living Jewel orchids; weekend plant care; homemade bath salts; macaws; rice rolls with mushrooms. 9a.m. KCBS Live With Regis and Kelly David James Elliott; Carmen Electra. 9 a.m. KABC Good Day Live Frankie Muniz.

9 a.m. KTTV The View Daytime Emmy Awards nominations; Carolyn Hinsey, editor of Soap Opera Digest. 10 a.m. KABC The Wayne Brady Show Donnie Wahlberg; the Pretenders. 10 a.m.

KCAL Oprah Winfrey Violence against women and children in Africa. 3 p.m. KABC Dr. Phil Failed marriages. 4 p.m.

KNBC Life Times The Malibu Pier; the 1968 Chicano student walkout. 7 p.m. KCET Revealed With Jules Asner Actress Anne Heche. 10 p.m. Charlie Rose Jessica Lange; radio host Amy Goodman; Jeanne Moreau.

11 p.m. KCET The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Rep. Richard A. Gephardt 11 p.m. Comedy Central Late Show With David Letterman Guest host Elvis Costello; Kim Eddy Izzard.

11:35 p.m. KCBS The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Cuba Gooding Fran Drescher; the Streets performs. 11:35 p.m. KNBC Jimmy Kimmel Live Matt Stone and Trey Parker 12:05 a.m. KABC The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn Eric Idle; Dishwalla.

12:35 a.m. KCBS Late Night With Conan Frankie Muniz; Geri Halliwell; author Veronica Vera. 12:35 a.m. KNBC Listings include talk shows that provide aguest list. Talk Shows SERIES Live fast, die young: Screen icon James Dean is profiled in a two-hour (8 p.m.

SPECIALS The red carpet: John Ritter is the host of Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic (9 p.m. Nickelodeon), which honors classic TV series. Winners include in the and MOVIES Separate ways: Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson play friends in (7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sundance).

SPORTS College Basketball: In Big East Tournament: Game 1: Notre Dame vs. St. (9 a.m. ESPN); Game 2: Providence vs. West Virginia (11:30 a.m.

ESPN); Game 3: Georgetown vs. Villanova (4 p.m. ESPN); and Game 4: Miami vs. Seton Hall (6:30 p.m. ESPN), from New York.

Pro Basketball: The Lakers visit the Detroit Pistons (5:30 p.m. KCAL). Pro Basketball: The Houston Rockets play host to the Clippers (5:30 p.m. FSN). Pro Hockey: The Chicago Blackhawks come to Anaheim for a game against the Mighty Ducks (7:30 p.m.

FSN2). Highlights With the February sweeps over, broadcasters served up a number of what they like to call leaving an original episode of atop the ratings heap with that biggest audience in a year, based on viewing estimates issued Tuesdayby Nielsen Media Research. CBS won its 18th week out of 24 this season in overall viewing, despite dreadful ratings Sunday for a nostalgic behind-the- scenes look at the 1960s series after a similar movie fared well last year. Even with tepid tune-in for by meanwhile, Fox remained first among young adult viewers thanks to improving its audience by more than versus the corresponding week last year. which follows also drew biggest premiere audience for a sitcom since the now-defunct three years ago.

Proving that not all reruns are created equal, NBC repeated all three versions of on Saturday and won the night all the more impressive considering the reruns on TNT were the most-watched drama on cable last week other than Feet TNT, in fact, was the most-watched basic cable network, followed by Fox News Channel. The former was buoyed by telecast of the Screen Actors Guild Awards, which averaged 4.8 million viewers its highest rating since TNT began televising it in 1998, up from last year. Lowry In a week of reruns, CBS is a Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (March 3-9) as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates there are 272.04 million potential viewers in the U.S.

age 2 and older. Viewership is listed in millions. Program Network View- ersProgram Network Viewers 1 Survivor: AmazonCBS23.33 2 CSICBS22.88 3 American Idol 4 American Idol 5 60 MinutesCBS17.00 --------------------------------------------6 Everybody Loves Raymond CBS16.76 7 Fear FactorNBC16.30 8 Friends (9 p.m.)NBC15.57 9 Law Order: Criminal Intent NBC14.96 10 Still StandingCBS14.45 --------------------------------------------11 The SimpsonsFOX14.43 12 Law OrderNBC14.38 13 CSI: MiamiCBS14.20 14 Oliver BeeneFOX13.79 15 My Big Fat Greek LifeCBS13.34 --------------------------------------------16 Friends (9:30 p.m.)NBC13.26 17 Without a TraceCBS13.19 18 24NBC13.15 19 Law Order: SVUNBC13.09 20 King of QueensCBS12.87 --------------------------------------------21 Yes, DearCBS12.66 22 60 Minutes IICBS12.22 23 FrasierNBC12.09 24 BeckerCBS11.74 25 Malcolm in the MiddleFOX11.73 --------------------------------------------26 Meet My FolksNBC11.32 27 Law Order: SVU 28 a Celebrity 29 Star SearchCBS10.91 30 8 Simple Rules --------------------------------------------31 According to JimABC10.71 Funniest Home Videos ABC10.71 33 My Wife and KidsABC10.56 34 BoomtownNBC10.27 35 Star Search --------------------------------------------36 Malcolm in the Middle (9:30 p.m.) FOX10.13 37 Dateline NBC 38 a Celebrity 39 George LopezABC10.06 40 JAGCBS9.95 --------------------------------------------41 DragnetABC9.94 42 King of the HillFOX9.72 43 Funniest Home Videos (9 p.m.) ABC9.55 44 A.U.S.A.NBC9.40 45 Law Order: Criminal Intent (Sat.) NBC9.36 --------------------------------------------46 Good Morning MiamiNBC9.28 47 Married by America (Wed.) FOX9.26 48 49 American DreamsNBC9.10 50 --------------------------------------------51 The FamilyABC9.02 52 Will GraceNBC8.99 53 48 Hours InvestigatesCBS8.84 54 EdNBC8.76 55 Make a DealNBC8.74 --------------------------------------------56 Married by America (Mon.) FOX8.62 57 Primetime ThursdayABC8.57 58 The PracticeABC8.37 59 The West WingNBC8.29 60 The Simpsons (7 p.m.)FOX8.25 --------------------------------------------61 Cops (8:30 p.m.)FOX8.21 62 Mr. SterlingNBC8.07 63 HackCBS7.81 64 a Celebrity 65 Dateline NBC 9:15 p.m.) NBC7.50 --------------------------------------------66 Law Order 67 The DistrictCBS7.37 68 CopsFOX7.33 AliasABC7.33 70 to the Bat --------------------------------------------71 Most WantedFOX6.90 72 Touched by an AngelCBS6.76 73 Witch Part 2 CBS6.62 74 Dateline NBC 75 MiraclesABC6.38 --------------------------------------------76 WWE Smackdown! (9 p.m.) UPN6.23 77 78 The AgencyCBS6.01 79 Profiles From the Front Line ABC5.87 80 John DoeFOX5.85 --------------------------------------------81 48 Hours Investigates (Fri.) CBS5.44 82 RebaWB5.43 83 PulseFOX5.19 84 7th HeavenWB5.18 85 SmallvilleWB5.12 --------------------------------------------86 FastlaneFOX4.67 87 WWE Smackdown! (8 p.m.) UPN4.62 88 Grounded for LifeWB4.20 89 Gilmore GirlsWB4.12 90 CharmedWB3.80 --------------------------------------------91 AngelWB3.72 92 Charmed (9 p.m.)WB3.51 93 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch WB3.47 94 Family AffairWB3.37 95 GirlfriendsUPN3.19 --------------------------------------------96 EverwoodWB3.12 97 What I Like About YouWB3.08 98 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (8:30 p.m.) WB3.00 99 Half and HalfUPN2.99 100 One on OneUPN2.91 Network Averages Here is the number of viewers (in millions) that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. Network Last week Season to date CBS11.0412.90 NBC10.6911.83 FOX10.059.92 ABC8.6610.56 WB3.614.31 UPN3.203.68 Prime-Time TV Rankings latimes.com/bookstore or 1-800-246-4042 Your L.A.

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